Water Footprint

Some of you may remember the website that enabled you to calculate your Carbon Footprint at this site. Well now you have the opportunity to calculate your Water Footprint.

You can see how much water you use every day and see how much of this valuable resource you, literally, flush away!

Click this link to Water Footprint.Org

Coal for the future?

Aswell as the new generation of Nuclear Power Stations the government has given the go-ahead for a new generation of coal-fired power plants - but only if they can prove they can reduce their emissions.
Up to four new plants will be built if they are fitted with technology to trap and store CO2 emissions underground.

For more information, including how they aim to bury the Cardon click this link.

New generation of Nuclear Power

The government has released a list of 11 sites in England and Wales where new nuclear power stations could be built.

For information, including a map of the proposed sites click this link.

For information about Nuclear Power click this link.

It's rubbish!

Just in case we have the weather this Easter holiday to go to the seaside (Some hope?!) have a read of this before you go.

The most recent Marine Conservation Society (MCS) report has indicated that the amount of rubbish found on British beaches is at an all time high. To,find out more go to the MCS website by clicking this link.

A rocking start to the Easter week

Over 50 people have been killed by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in central Italy.

For more details click this link.

For more factual details click on the US Geological Survey site

Earth Hour 2009

On Saturday 28 March 2009 at 8.30pm, people, businesses and iconic buildings around the world will switch off their lights for an hour – WWF's Earth Hour.
To find out more watch this clip:



Or you can click this link
So why are you still switched on?

Ethiopian Dam

This is an excellent case-study for those of you studying AS Energy and Resources. A major hydro-electric dam project in Ethiopia will help provide the region with much-needed energy and income, but could have serious implications for tribes living in the area.

To find out more click this link.

Oh I do like to be beside the sea-side!

As fears grow of a metre sea level rise by the end of the century, the Environment Agency has told Sky News Online it is impossible to defend all of Britain's coastline.

For more detail click this link.

Or go to the home page of the Environment Agency by clicking here.

A blast from the past!

For us oldies who remember this......

It is 20 years since the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground in Alaska, spilling 38,000 tonnes of crude oil into the sheltered waters of a picturesque sound. It wasn't the biggest oil spill recorded but it was, arguably, the most iconic.

What lessons have we learnt from this oil disaster? To find out read this article on the BBC

Where is the hottest place on Earth?

A question which is regularly asked in school and has been answered in these two BBC programmes - The first shown on 19 March (if you missed it go to BBC IPlayer) and the second is being shown this Thursday (26 March) on BBC 1 at 9pm.

Earth scientist Dr Dougal Jerram, from Durham University, joined a BBC team to investigate the geology of the Danakil desert in northern Ethiopia - officially the hottest place on Earth. Here is his account of mapping an active volcano from inside the crater.

To read and hear Dr Jerram's findings click this link.